Microphysical, macrophysical, and radiative responses of subtropical marine clouds to aerosol injections

Chun, Je-Yun; Wood, Robert; Blossey, Peter; Doherty, Sarah J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1345-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1345-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1345-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

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25 Jan 2023

Research article |

| 25 Jan 2023

Microphysical, macrophysical, and radiative responses of subtropical marine clouds to aerosol injections

Je-Yun Chun, Robert Wood, Peter Blossey, and Sarah J. Doherty

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1345-2023-supplement

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SAM-UW codes for (0.1.0) Je-Yun Chun https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353468

System for Atmospheric Modeling Marat Khairoutdinov http://rossby.msrc.sunysb.edu/~marat/SAM.html

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We investigate the impact of injected aerosol on subtropical low marine clouds under a variety of meteorological conditions using high-resolution model simulations. This study illustrates processes perturbed by aerosol injections and their impact on cloud properties (e.g., cloud number concentration, thickness, and cover). We show that those responses are highly sensitive to background meteorological conditions, such as precipitation, and background cloud properties.